As usual the NZ press have immediately moved into maoning about budgets, the automatic foil trimmer, how we were hard done by etc etc Kiwis man, honestly, very poor losers. Racing is racing, that was boat speed and skill.

Great racing overall even if like most cups it became one sided. Tough to take for NZ that they were 1000m ahead and nailed on to win the cup when the race was called off "time limit expired".

Fantastic free live coverage online, it's the way to go for all sports.

Congratulations to Oracle and Sir Ben has done himself a world of good, a reputation as a loner with limited communication skills that are required for big boat sailing has been truely buried.

Pretty poignant message from Ian Percy on his FB page.

@NZCol it certainly didn't hurt Oracle having an unlimited budget, I think they outspent TNZ $200m vs $100m Where NZ really screwed up was not enforcing nationality rules for the crew back in the 95 when they won the cup.

NZCol » As usual the NZ press have immediately moved into maoning about budgets, the automatic foil trimmer, how we were hard done by etc etc Kiwis man, honestly, very poor losers. Racing is racing, that was boat speed and skill.

Still better than the Team America commentator we got to hear on our coverage, as if they had just won a war or something. Would love to have seen it run in Auckland though was sat in an office overlooking the bay a couple of weeks ago in the sunshine.

Markie - Member
At 8-1 they should've been able to make it stick, outspent or not.

As for the nationality stuff, I think the race is better without it.

They were 1000m ahead 4 mins to the finish when it was called out of time.

There's not many people in and around sailing who agree with that last point. The Americas Cup is supposed to be about a competition between nations. The "World Cup" in every sport you can me ton requires national qualification, sailings equivalent is just teams for hire. The Americas Cup is generally a whitewash, this one was exciting as the kiwi whitewash turned into a kiwi/ Australian whitewash

There's not many people in and around sailing who agree with that last point. The Americas Cup is supposed to be about a competition between nations. The "World Cup" in every sport you can me ton requires national qualification, sailings equivalent is just teams for hire. The Americas Cup is generally a whitewash, this one was exciting as the kiwi whitewash turned into a kiwi/ Australian whitewash

Where does it stop? Crew? Technical advisors? Boat designers? Manufacture of boat parts?

They were 1000m ahead 4 mins to the finish when it was called out of time.

There's not many people in and around sailing who agree with that last point. The Americas Cup is supposed to be about a competition between nations. The "World Cup" in every sport you can me ton requires national qualification, sailings equivalent is just teams for hire. The Americas Cup is generally a whitewash, this one was exciting as the kiwi whitewash turned into a kiwi/ Australian whitewash

If the time limit was known about and in the rules prior to racing, then what of it?

Also, I think it's meant to be a race between yacht clubs, not nations. If sailors want national competitions they've got the Olympics.